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Capuchins provide welcome and hope to Dublin's homeless this Christmas (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 am The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, one of the three largest orders of Franciscan friars, was founded in 1520 out of a desire for a more literal observance of the Rule of St....
Pope, at weekday Mass, preaches that Christians should be joyful (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 am Pope Francis, preaching on Zephaniah 3:14-18 and Luke 1:39-45, reflected on 3 topics related to joy: forgiveness, walking with the Lord, and not being pessimistic.
Thousands flee violence in Cameroon's Anglophone region (Al Jazeera)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/22 Italian ed.) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Vatican newspaper editor: Pope is calling Curia to turn its gaze outward (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 am In a front-page analysis of Pope Francis’s December 21 address to the Roman Curia (full text, CWN coverage, video), the editor-in-chief of L’Osservatore Romano said that the Pope...
India's interior minister promises nation's bishops a safe Christmas (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 am Recently, priests have been jailed for caroling in Madhya Pradesh state, and Hindu extremists have warned Christian schools in Uttar Pradesh not to celebrate Christmas.
Children's drawings for Pope Francis on display at pediatric hospital (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 am The Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital is located in Rome, outside the Vatican, in territory administered by the Holy See.
Pope sends 350 cakes to Roman prison for Christmas (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 amSouth Korea asks US to delay joint military drills (Washington Post)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/22 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
INTERNET PRAYER UPDATE: TURKISH!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 22, 2017 at 4:00 am A small pebble can start a rock slide.
I received yet another language version of the well-know, widespread Internet Prayer.
Not Klingon, but almost as different.
TURKISH...
Bring peace on earth by going to confession this Christmas, Pope says
Catholic Herald - Dec 22, 2017 at 3:44 am Head to confession so Christmas can be a time of peace in your hearts, Pope Francis told Vatican employees and their families. “Yesterday I went to confession for Christmas … and...
Cardinal Maradiaga embroiled in financial scandal
Catholic Herald - Dec 22, 2017 at 3:17 am Honduran Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga is facing allegations of financial mismanagement, although no formal allegations or charges have been raised so far. Italian media outlet L’...
The Pope confirms Guido Marini as his Master of Ceremonies
Vatican Insider - Dec 22, 2017 at 3:14 am The Pope did not change his Master of ceremonies and, already three months ago, he reconfirmed for another 5 years, Monsignor Guido Marini, from Genoa, at the head of the office...
Papal master of ceremonies appointed for new term (Vatican Insider)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 3:12 am Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Guido Marini to a new five-year term as master of ceremonies for papal liturgies. The appointment comes despite rumors that the Pontiff would...
Jerusalem bishop: Catholic youth concerned about rising Islamic fundamentalism (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 3:12 am The auxiliary bishop responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics in Jordan, the Palestinian territories, Israel, and Cyprus told an Italian news agency that Catholic youth are...
Christian wisdom is to name the darkness as darkness, and the Light as light.
Aleteia - Dec 22, 2017 at 3:00 am Richard Rohr
Yemen's 1000-day war hitting children the hardest (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 2:12 am The Yemeni Civil War’s belligerents are the Houthis (who are mainly Shia Muslims), the government (backed by Saudi Arabia and the US), and groups linked to al-Qaeda and the...
Ecumenical Patriarch's 2017 Christmas proclamation (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 2:12 am Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches. The 77-year-old prelate was installed in 1991.
Tighter security mixes with festive spirit at German Christmas markets this year (Wall Street Journal)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 22, 2017 at 2:12 am In 2016, a Tunisian linked to the Islamic State attacked a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 and injuring 56.
Life Lessons from Christmas Carols
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 22, 2017 at 2:10 am
One of the perpetual complaints against Christianity is that it is a life-denying, puritanical system. In the Victorian era, poet Algernon Swinburne referred to Christ as the “...
When the LGBT Bullyboys Come Calling
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 22, 2017 at 2:00 am
A few weeks ago, I outed the anti-Christian Human Rights Campaign as a “font of evil.” I asserted they are in the business of persecuting Christian believers who may disagree...
